Boston donors show strength

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‘BOSTON STRONG’ FATIGUE? A Boston Globe writer’s tweet about the marathon bombing motto — shown on the T-shirt of one of its originators, Nicholas Reynolds — has sparked debate.

Nick Reynolds and Chris Dobens were about to leave Emerson College Monday and head to the finish line of the Boston Marathon to celebrate with friends when they began receiving calls, warning them not to go.

For the next several hours, the two students remained at Emerson, transfixed by the news of the bombings, as the casualty toll climbed higher.

“Late that night, we were fed up with feeling helpless,” said Reynolds, a 20-year-old cinematography major.

Dobens suddenly had an idea.

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